JASON SOUTH/FAIRFAX Mufti Zeeyad Ravat from Melbourne leads the crowd in a prayer near the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch. Prime Minister Scott Morrison in particular needed to find a new way to communicate with the Muslim community and to win trust, he said. "I don't know if that's going be possible given his past, but he needs to try it and if you can't he doesn't deserve to be the prime minister." AP Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been praised for her handling of the tragedy. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern followed up by saying "Wa alaikum salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh" - "May the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be with you too."

Source: Stuff March 20, 2019 01:30 UTC